UpFront
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Why Dolf van den Brink, the Heineken CEO, refuses to be guided by mere profit
The top boss of the world's second-biggest brewer by sales, who was on his maiden visit to India after taking over as the CEO in 2020, reckons the strength of a true leader lies in giving, and not in taking
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How Vistara, India's best airline, flew into turbulent air?
With disgruntled pilots staying away from work, flight cancellations and delays are plaguing the airline, even as its merger with Air India looms ahead
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From fads and trends blah-blah to hard working marketing
A great brand never killed a business but a bad business destroyed many iconic brands, writes Shubhranshu Singh in this week's Simply Speaking column for Storyboard18
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Purpose: The cornerstone of timeless brands
In an exclusive column for Storyboard18, Sumit Virmani, global CMO of Infosys, writes, the moment a brand is born, the pressure for it to stay relevant is also born. Timeless brands never stop changing with changing times, and yet remain unchangingly recognizable and comfortingly familiar at the same time
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The big Forbes India IPO litmus test
IPOs are flooding the market but few stand the test of time. For our IPO Winners Special we partnered with Prime Database to access the performance of companies on the bourses over 5 years. The results are in
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Are foreign investors bailing out on India or is it just a blip?
Slowdown in FDI raises concerns if India is really gaining prominence as an alternative to China. Will foreign money inflow continue to stay unimpressive as slowdown in FDI flows continues largely due to rise in repatriation of equity capital, global economic slowdown and reduced venture capital funding at startups?
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Daryaganj Vs Moti Mahal: Amit Bagga's unique journey to redemption
A failed restaurateur was hunting for his moment of redemption, and a doting grandson was yearning to pay rich tribute to his grandfather. The result is Daryaganj, a north Indian cuisine brand, which is in the midst of a bone-rattling legal fight with Moti Mahal
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Liquidity risks or valuations: What's boiling in mid and smallcap stocks?
The bull run in mid and smallcap stocks made valuations expensive, trigging a liquidity risk concern. But has a deeper cut in mid and smallcap stocks been avoided by the stress tests in mutual fund schemes?
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73 percent of IPL 2023 viewers tuned in to cricket league digitally: Glance report
As per 'The Cricket Playbook for Growth Marketers' report, smart lock screen insights based on the 128 million users that tuned in for periodic updates of India's cricket tournament in 2023. The platform received 2.6x higher engagement on video with a distinct surge in activity in the second half of the day, and 35 percent of cricket content engagement came from vernacular languages
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Fried & tested: KFC tops the pecking order
A boom in the fried chicken market post-Covid, the absence of formidable rivals and an insatiable appetite of Indian consumers for meat have unfurled the chicken wings of KFC and put it on the top of the QSR pyramid. Can it continue with its dream run?
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Former P&G India CEO Gurcharan Das on life, leadership and doing business in challenging times
Gurcharan Das believes that reliving your life is better than living it. In his memoir 'Another Sort of Freedom', he reflects on 80 years of his life. The author talks to Divya Shekhar about how he fled his home during the Partition, stumbled through various academic disciplines—from engineering and literature to philosophy and Sanskrit—survived doing business during the License Raj and scaled the corporate ladder, only to let go of it when he reached the top, all because he wanted to find his life's purpose